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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2002
Jean-pierre Gotteland, Beaumont, FR;
Pascale Gaillard, St-Julien-en-Genevois, FR;
Yolande Chvatchko, Confignon, CH;
Jean-Pierre Gotteland, Beaumont, FR;
Pascale Gaillard, St-Julien-en-Genevois, FR;
Yolande Chvatchko, Confignon, CH;
Merck Serono SA, Coinsins, Vaud, CH;
Abstract
The present invention is related to the use of benzazole derivatives of formula (I) for the treatment and/or prevention of scleroderma and its therapeutic implications selected in the group consisting of systemic sclerosis, scleroderma-like disorders, sine scleroderma, liver cirrhosis, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, Dupuytren's contracture, keloid and other scarring/wound healing abnormalities, postoperative adhesions and reactive fibrosis, as well as chronic heart failure, in particular after myocardial infarction.